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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 76
          Author:   Chesbro (D)
          Amended:  08/26/11 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
            ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 9/6/11 - See last page for vote


            SUBJECT  :    CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams Memorial Highway 
                      and the CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial 
                      Highway

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates one segment of State 
          Route (SR) 101 as the CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams Memorial 
          Highway" another segment of SR 101 as the "CHP Officer Paul 
          C. Jarske Memorial Highway."

           ANALYSIS  :    

          This resolution:

          1. Recounts the lives and careers of Thomas Adams and Paul 
             C. Jarske, CHP officers who were killed in the line of 
             duty.  

          2. Designates the westbound segment of SR 101 between 
             postmile 102.00 and postmile 106.57 in Mendocino County 
             as the" CHP Officer Thomas Adams Memorial Highway."

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          3. Designates the segment of SR 101 between Branscomb Road, 
             milepost marker 69.50 and milepost marker 74.50, in 
             Mendocino County as the "CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske 
             Memorial Highway."  

          4. Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to 
             determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, 
             consistent with the signing requirements for the state 
             highway system, showing this special designation, and 
             upon receiving donations from non-state sources covering 
             the cost, to erect those signs.  

           Comments
           
          Thomas Richard Adams was born in San Francisco in 1986.  He 
          was employed by a Humboldt County tree service before 
          graduating from the CHP Academy in 2009.  After spending a 
          year and a half at the Oakland area office, Officer Adams 
          was transferred to the Garberville area, where he spent the 
          remainder of his career.  On February 15, 2011, Officer 
          Adams was killed in the line of duty when his patrol car 
          crossed over the center lines of SR 101 near Piercy and was 
          struck by an oncoming pickup truck.  

          Paul Clyde Jarske was born in North Dakota in 1934.  After 
          being honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1963, he 
          joined the California Department of Corrections before 
          being inducted into the CHP.  He served in the Norwalk, 
          Concord, Golden Gate and Garberville areas.  On February 
          24, 1981, his patrol car veered off the road under extreme 
          weather conditions and plummeted 100 feet before coming to 
          rest underwater.  Despite the rescue efforts of bystanders, 
          he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  Yes

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 75-0, 9/6/11
          AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill 
            Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, 
            Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Grove, Hagman, 
            Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, 







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            Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, 
            Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Miller, Mitchell, 
            Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea, 
            V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, 
            Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, 
            Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Gordon, Gorell, Mendoza, Norby, Skinner

          JJA:do  9/8/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

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